1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter and sugar; add sweet potatoes and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each. Combine dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture; add vanilla and nuts. Pour mixture into greased 10 inch tube pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until cake tests done.